Systems Administrator

Collegis Education; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Collegis Education is seeking a Systems Administrator to manage enterprise infrastructure and hosted applications, ensuring security, reliability, and high availability. The role emphasizes patching, backups, change management, and collaboration with systems engineers and vendors.

Candidates should have 5–10 years of hands-on IT experience, strong Windows and cloud platform skills (Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, Intune), and an interest in Linux.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting enterprise IT environments and documented implementations.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, support, and troubleshoot incidents related to enterprise infrastructure.
• Apply patches to infrastructure to mitigate risk and improve performance.
• Ensure backups and recoverability of platforms.
• Maintain security procedures and policies.
• Leverage IT tools for rapid deployment and capacity management.
• Performance tune OS and applications.
• Participate in change management activities.
• Collaborate with systems engineers on standards and documentation.
• Work with vendors for troubleshooting and escalation.
• Explore cloud and standard operating procedures with the team.

Skills

Windows Server

Microsoft 365

Google Workspace

Intune

SharePoint

AD/DNS/DHCP

Security

PowerShell

VMware

Hyper-V

VxRail/Nutanix

Linux basics

Education

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, or MIS

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

VxRail

Nutanix

Job description

Systems Administrator

Fully Remote Remote Worker - N/A

Description

Join our team as a Systems Administrator and play a key role in keeping the technology environments that support Collegis and our partner institutions secure, reliable, and performing at their best.

This role exists to manage, monitor, and maintain enterprise infrastructure and hosted applications, proactively addressing technology needs and ensuring systems remain highly available, secure, and aligned with service-level expectations.

What you’ll do:

• Monitoring, supporting, and troubleshooting incidents related to the enterprise infrastructure.
• Apply patches to supported infrastructure to mitigate risk and enhance performance.
• Ensure successful backups and recoverability of platforms.
• Maintain security procedures and policies set forth by the engineers.
• Leverage IT technologies for rapid deployment and efficient capacity/utilization management.
• Performance tuning of operating systems and applications
• Design, plan, and execute change management activities during evenings, weekends or as required.
• Assist systems engineers to develop technical standards and documentation, identify, and evaluate new products, and provides resolution for network problems.
• Work with systems engineering staff on innovative technologies such as cloud and standard operating procedures.
• Work seamlessly with third party vendors for troubleshooting and escalation of tickets.

What you’ll bring:

• Minimum 5-10 years of hands‑on experience implementing and managing IT technologies.
• Operations experience in 24x7x365 environments
• Excellent written and verbal communication; Must be able to thoroughly document implementations, modifications, and removals.
• Must be willing to work and participate in on‑call rotation.
• Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, or MIS degree or equivalent experience
• Experience supporting and managing Windows Servers in enterprise environments.
• Strong experience supporting Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace cloud platforms and associated technologies such as Intune, SharePoint, Security etc.
• Strong experience managing and administering Microsoft technologies such as AD, DNS, DHCP, CA,
• Focused on commitment to enhance operational efficiencies through continued process improvement.
• Desire to learn Linux Operating Systems with a goal to become a proficient Linux Administrator.
• Basic understanding of scripting tools like PowerShell with the goal to acquire scripting proficiencies overtime.
• Experience supporting and managing hypervisor platforms (VMware, Hyper‑V)
• Familiarity with hyperconverged platforms (HPE, Dell, VxRail, Nutanix)
• Experience supporting and managing monitoring systems, and backup platforms a plus.
• Experience with educational platforms, a plus.

Requirements

Education, Certifications and Licensures:

• Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, or MIS degree or equivalent experience

Who we are:

Collegis Education partners with higher education institutions to deliver technology, marketing, and enrollment solutions that support the full student lifecycle. Our teams work across institutions to improve operations, enhance the student experience, and drive meaningful outcomes for both students and our partners. For more information about Collegis Education, please visit www.collegiseducation.com.

Remote/Hybrid Policy:

This role offers the flexibility of a fully remote environment. However, in alignment with our commitment to collaboration and team engagement, candidates within a 60-mile radius of our Chicago, IL headquarters will be expected to follow a hybrid schedule, working onsite 1-2 days per week to support in-person connection and cross-functional partnership.

Collegis Education is committed to the policy that all persons shall have equal access to its programs, facilities, and employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, public assistance status, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

Salary Description

$70,000-$75,000